Tattooed Mom With Over 800 Tattoos Struggling To Get A Job As Businesses Won’t Hire Her

Jul 18, 2023

Tattoos are a great way to express a person’s creativity because a unique inked artwork on their skin brings out how they appreciate art. It is also a great conversation starter as people would ask their inspiration for a certain tattoo.

Even though getting a tattoo in the modern world is being accepted into society, with more and more professionals flaunting their inked bodies in different fields, there are still people who might have gone overboard with their decision to cover their skin with tattoos to the point where no businesses would consider hiring them anymore.

This was the case of a mom named Melissa Sloan, who had over 800 tattoos on her body and was desperate to get a job as no establishments would hire her for the job that she wanted.

In a 2022 interview with the Daily Star, the mother of two revealed that she first got inked when she was 20 years old. Since then, she never stopped adding tattoos.

She had several designs of artworks like spiderwebs, crosses, cursive texts, and more, that were mostly done by her partner at home and they considered the design as “prison style.”

At the time of the interview, Sloan said she gets over three tattoos every week, and she admitted that she got “addicted” and could not stop.

Unfortunately, her weekly habit turned for the worst as she couldn’t get a job anymore. She also attempted to apply as a toilet cleaner near her place, but they didn’t take her in because of her tattoos.

Later in the conversation, Sloan noted that she had a working experience in the past, and it was also cleaning toilets. However, it didn’t last long.

It appears that she would take any job as long as an establishment is willing to work with her, as she told the outlet, “if someone offered me a job tomorrow I would go and work – I would take that offer.”

The woman added that she expected this kind of treatment from other people as she couldn’t fit in with society. However, despite not getting proper work, Sloan remained grounded and would not compromise her tattoos.

“They don’t have to listen to me. But I’m not going anywhere,” she added.

Aside from her dilemma with her career life, Sloan’s personal life had also been affected, which included her presence at her kids’ school.

In a separate interview, Sloan claimed that she was allegedly banned from her children’s school. At the time, it was Christmas season, and the students had a child’s nativity play.

Unfortunately, she was not allowed to see her own kids perform due to her appearance, and the teachers made her “go to the back garden” and watch the show through a window.

“I feel so jealous as I can’t go there and to the Christmas fayre as I know what they’re (teachers and parents) like towards me,” she added.

Aside from the school, tattoo artists had also turned their backs on her because her face was “beyond help” and they would not let her in as she had gone “too far.”

It might be weird for some, but some tattoo parlors already closed their doors for Sloan. Although she gets tattoos mostly from her husband, she sometimes visits tattoo shops to get her ink done.

However, some establishments allegedly gave up on her as she told the outlet, “When I had this done [my face], there’s one about five miles up the road and they won’t do it… They won’t do it because I’m beyond help – because I’ve gone too far.”

There was even a point when the parlors literally “shut the door” on her and wouldn’t let her inside.

Unfortunately for Sloan, not all people agree with her look, and some of them even judge her right in front of her children. 

In a 2022 article published by the outlet, the mom of two said she went shopping one time to get some clothes for her kids to wear at school.

The experience was horrendous for her as people stared at her as if she was a “freak.”

“Worse, the more I have the more they think I’m a freak… They look at me and don’t know how to take my, I reckon. They jump out of the way and I think ‘what are you doing that for?’. It’s horrible.” she recalled.

Due to that experience, Sloan admitted that she doesn’t like to go to shops anymore because whenever she enters, there would be a “drama.”

In addition, despite the young age of her children, they had already picked up what the public did to their mom as they told her that people are looking at her whenever they go out.

“They say my children will run away when they’re older, that’s heartbreaking,” Sloan said.

What do you think of this tattooed mom? Do you think she went too far with her tattoos? Let us know your thoughts, and make sure to pass this on to your friends and family.